diff --git a/mpich.spec b/mpich.spec
index ce9b37a..e775747 100644
--- a/mpich.spec
+++ b/mpich.spec
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ Provides:       mpich2 = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      mpich2 < 3.0
 Requires:       environment(modules)
 
+# Make sure this package is rebuilt with correct Python version when updating
+# Otherwise mpi.req from rpm-mpi-hooks doesn't work
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1705296
+Requires:       (python(abi) = %{python3_version} if python3)
+
 %description
 MPICH is a high-performance and widely portable implementation of the Message
 Passing Interface (MPI) standard (MPI-1, MPI-2 and MPI-3). The goals of MPICH
@@ -69,11 +74,6 @@ Requires:       rpm-mpi-hooks
 Provides:       mpich2-devel = 3.0.1
 Obsoletes:      mpich2-devel < 3.0
 
-# Make sure this package is rebuilt with correct Python version when updating
-# Otherwise mpi.req from rpm-mpi-hooks doesn't work
-# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1705296
-Requires:       (python(abi) = %{python3_version} if python3)
-
 %description devel
 Contains development headers and libraries for mpich